Who was the best SNL host and why? (No poll)

[fit4life]

There are just too many to choose from to make a poll out of it.

Mine: Christopher Walken or Alec Baldwin. I just can't choose between the two.

[LoZoccolo]

1. Tom Hanks is pretty good, too.

You may have nailed it with Christopher Walken, though.

The best musical guest was Oasis, followed by Terence Trent D'Arby.

[JimmyJazz]

2. I agree - I think Colonel Angus was one of the best

skits - EVAH

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Buck Henry

Because he is one of the funniest people on the planet

[Misunderestimator]

11. Hey... that's what I was gonna say...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. LOL

I'll watch those with you anyday!

[fit4life]

4. Can't even answer my own damn question properly. lol

I loved Christopher Walken as "The Continental", and Alec Baldwin as the Boy Scout troop leader and on the radio show with his Schweaty Balls & Wieners.

[flamingyouth]

5. Christopher Walken.

Yes, THE Christopher Walken. :7

[terrya]

6. Sir Ian McKellan

When he hosted, it was a genuinely funny 90 minutes. Sir Ian was, I discovered, quite deft at comedy. I never thought that this Shakespearean actor would be so good on SNL. :-)

[BrklynLiberal]

16. When he did Maggie Smith and Kissed Jimmy Falon!!

How about when Mick Jagger did Keith Richards!

[Borgnine]

7. Steve Martin or Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken could read the phone book and make it funny.

[Spinzonner]

8. Elliot Gould

[blm]

15. "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise" won the Emmy that year.

Entirely written by Michael O'Donoghue.

[Cha]

9. I liked it the best when Al Gore was

on..it really helped my sanity.. of all things.

[coolhandlulu]

10. I'll vote for Garth Brooks...

Alec Baldwin was awesome too, but he was an actor so I had to take some points away. One would never expect Garth Brooks to have been so natural and on point being a musician and all.

[fit4life]

13. Good call.

It would have been better if he could have left Chris Gaines at home though.

I thought Garth was a riot as the french whore.

[blm]

14. Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau, and Elliot Gould.

The first two had some of the funniest moments on television, and Gould was EXCEPTIONAL as a sketch player who fit right in with the cast.

George Carlin was very memorable, as well.

In later years, I have to go with two of the most unlikely to be hilarious, Garth Brooks and Al Gore. They were near perfect.

[Wilber_Stool]

17. For the original cast

it's hard to beat Steve Martin. For subsequent eras it gets a little harder. They really have to be kept separate.

[Historic NY]

18. Steve Martin was good...

[enigmatic]

19. Walken or Buck Henry

Both great, great hosts..

[peekaloo]

20. Miskel Spillman!

the winner of the Anyone Can Host contest. I just liked the concept.

I loved the Buck Henry/Elliott Gould/Steve Martin/Candace Bergen/Madeline Kahn shows. Funny as hell.